172 [July, 1893. 



This specimen he generously placed in the Society's collection. Mr. Weir also said 

 that large numbers of this species, bred from continental pupae, had been liberated 

 in the neighbourhood of Windsor. Mr. Frohawk recorded the occurrence of 

 Limenitis Sibylla, L., so early as May 22nd. — F. W. Hawes and H. Williams, 

 Son. Secretaries. 



Entomological Society op London: June ^th, 1893. — Heney -John 

 EiWBS, Esq., P.L.S., P.Z.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. George Willis Kirkaldy, of St. Abbs, Worple Road, Wimbledon, S.W., was 

 elected a Eellow of the Society. 



Mr. W. C. Boyd exhibited varieties of Fidonia plniaria and TJiecla ruii, taken 

 at Bournemouth on May 20th, 1893. 



Mr. C. O. Waterhouse exhibited two galls, one on the stem and the other on 

 the leaf of an oak from Durango, Mexico, respecting which he asked for information ; 

 the one on the stem proved to be the gall of Cj/nips guatemalensis : the other, 

 which resembled a sponge, was unknown. 



Mr. A. Cowper Field exhibited varieties of Smerinthus tili(B,'bveA. between 1890 

 and 1893, under varying conditions of temperature, those which had been exposed 

 to a lower temperature being much darker than those which had been exposed to a 

 higher. Mr. Merrifield made some observations on the subject, and remarked that, 

 as far as his experience went, no hard and fast rule could be laid down with regard 

 to the production of the lighter or darker colourings, as a high temperature some- 

 times produced dark forms. 



Mr. W. M. Christy exhibited a series of Zygcena trifolii, including very many 

 yellow forms, all, with one exception, taken at one spot during the latter half of 

 May, 1893, and belonging to one colony. Some of the specimens were more or less 

 incomplete, both in structure and colour, and Mr. Barrett stated as his opinion 

 that this was due to their having been forced by the unusually fine weather. Lord 

 Walsingham, Mr. Merrifield, and others took part in the discussion which followed. 



Canon Fowler exhibited cocoons and specimens of Coniatus suavis, var. chryso- 

 chlora, Luc, taken by Lord Walsingham in great abundance on the flower-shoots of 

 tamarisk in the West of Italy. 



Mr. Chitty exhibited black varieties of the following Coleoptera from the slopes 

 of Ben Cruachan, N.B. : — Carabus violaceus and arvensis, PterosticTius versicolor 

 Phyllopertha horticola, and Telephorus figuratus, and stated that the latter seemed 

 a permanent race, as it occurred both in 1892 and 1893. 



The President remarked on the great abundance of Coleophora laricella in 

 Grloucestershire, and stated that they were committing great ravages among young 

 larches. Lord Walsingham stated that he had seen young larches at Carlsbad 

 completely bleached by this moth. 



It was suggested by several Fellows of the Society that care should be taken to 

 observe the occurrence of second broods of insects during the year. 



Mons. Wailly exhibited a collection of Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, and Orthoptera 

 from New Zealand. A discussion followed, in which Lord Walsingham, Dr. Sharp, 

 Mr. McLachlan, Mr. Durrant, and others took part. 



Mons. Wailly further exhibited cocoons of various silk-producing Lepidoptera, 

 and stated that the larva of Attacus Pernyi, whose food-plant is oak, had been reared 

 in Trinidad on Terminalia latifolia. — W. W. Fowler, Hon. Secretary. 



